Friendly League

BARLAD ARENA
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Filip Smit kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. A hard shot by Mihăiţă Călin from long distance, 4 minutes into the match, got Fokke Bergman's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. 11 minutes into the match, Sipke Oosting notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of F.C.BARLAD's Bogdan Gurgui. Bogdan Gurgui was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eelco Neijsen in the 14th minute of play forced F.C.BARLAD's goalkeeper Bogdan Gurgui to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. F.C.BARLAD's Valentin Plopșor got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 28th minute, Valentin Plopșor left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C.BARLAD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 32 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Plopșor came free, but Fokke Bergman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fokke Bergman made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Valentin Plopșor sent off a good shot on target. After 42 minutes, Rareș Vârlan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the F.C.BARLAD and the Winthont FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tjeerd Jonkman took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bogdan Gurgui. F.C.BARLAD's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 46 played minutes Winthont FC got a freekick which was hit by Wesley Baatenburg. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Valentin Plopșor to strike the kick off in the second half. Fokke Bergman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Plopșor in the 51st minute of the match. Fokke Bergman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinand Simionescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Fokke Bergman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Arghir in the 53rd minute of play. Winthont FC's Fokke Bergman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferdinand Simionescu in the 56th minute of play. After 59 minutes of play, F.C.BARLAD's Edgar Arghir made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fokke Bergman was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tjeerd Jonkman kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valentin Plopșor in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fokke Bergman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kurt Neijsen did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Bogdan Gurgui 66 minutes into the match. Fokke Bergman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Plopșor, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Edgar Arghir kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Plopșor came free, but Fokke Bergman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th match minute, F.C.BARLAD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferdinand Simionescu to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd match minute, Winthont FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benjamin Bender to maneuver through the defense. 83 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Plopșor came free, but Fokke Bergman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute Kurt Neijsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Gurgui saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eelco Neijsen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bogdan Gurgui came out and tried to block the shot, but Eelco Neijsen slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 91st minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Winthont FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.